Sooners can't overcome their historically anemic offense forever
No SEC offense is gaining fewer yards against league foes than Oklahoma
The 12-year-old Sooner fan still living inside of me wants to love what Sooner football’s become and why not?
Because what’s more fun than winning with smoke and mirrors, 50-yard-plus field goals, turnovers and big returns on the SEC road?
What’s more fun than leaving them scratching their heads in Knoxville and Tuscaloosa, where OU first prevailed despite being outgained by 105 yards and next prevailed despite being outgained by 194?
It’s kind of the greatest.
In Tuscaloosa, Athens, Gainesville, Knoxville and Baton Rouge, where they’re under the impression they invented the game, defined it, Robert Neyland, Bear Bryant, Vince Dooley, Steve Spurrier, Nick Saban and all that.
So what’s more fun than walking into their historic houses and leaving with wins the numbers say you should never have won?
Not much.
And still, there’s this alternate reality your tell-it-like-it-is keyboardist can’t help but note and it’s no less real — eventually, perhaps more real — than the football carnival that 12-year-old Sooner fan’s been enjoying and here it is.
The offense OU’s putting on the field — even with the No. 1 portal quarterback, running an offense coordinated by a guy everybody was thrilled to land, even with an offensive line and running game that’s miraculously improved over the course of the season — is historically anemic.
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